Automatic inkstand.



, No. 862,863. PATENTBD AUG. 6, 1907.

N; W. BROWN. AUTOMATIC INKSTAND. urmouron FILED DEC 13 1906 WITNESSESNICHOLAS W. BROWN, OF AKRON, OHIO.

AUTOMATIC INKSTAND Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907.

Application filed December l3 1905. Serial No. 291,586.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Nrcnoms W. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Akron, in the county of Summit. in the State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in an Automatic Inkstand, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to an automatic ink stand designed toautomatically feed the ink from a bottle into a vertically movable inkwell carried by the bottle stopper, thereby avoiding the necessity ofdipping the pen into the bottle, and preventing the inking of the penholder and resulting soiling of the fingers, as is frequently the casewhere a pen is plunged into an ink stand filled with ink.

The invention consists of the novel features of construction hereinafterdescribed, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my device removed from the ink bottle.Fig'. 2 is a vertical section through the ink bottle and through myattachment applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showingthe flexible portion of the attachment collapsed.

In these drawings A represents a stopper formed of cork and having acentral opening therethrough as shown at A. The upper portion of thiscork is inserted into and cemented to a soft rubber tube B. A hardrubber cap 0 has a funnel-shaped depression C formed in its upper faceand is centrally perforated. This cap is also preferably flanged asshown at G the edges of said flange being rounded in cross section. Thiscap is partly inserted into the upper portion of the tube 13 and iscemented or otherwise secured thereto. A tube D of hard rubber or anyother suitable material has its upper end secured in the perforation ofthe cap C and communicates with the funnel-shaped depression 0, whichdepression forms the ink well in which the pen is dipped. The tube Dextends downwardly through the tube B and also through the opening A ofthe cork A, and the tube D is of less diameter than the opening A sothat an air space is left between the cork A and the tube D.

To adapt the attachment to bottles of various depths an extension tube Eis slidably held within the tube D, whereby the combined length of thetubes D and E can be adjusted by sliding the tube E upwardly ordownwardly. In use the cork A is inserted in the neck of a bottle Fcontaining ink, the tube E being first properly adjusted.

It will be obvious that an air space will be inclosed within the tube Bbetween the cork A and the cap 0 and that this space will havecommunication with the interior of the bottle F through the opening A inthe cork A. When the pen is inserted into the depression 0 and bearsupon the sides of the same the cap C will be forced downwardly thuscompressing the air Within the tube B, and this air being forced throughthe opening A around the tube D will act upon the ink within the bottleF and force the same upwardly into the well formed by the depression C,and will drain back when the device is not in use. This will not onlyserve to protect the pen holder from becoming inked, but will alsoprotect the ink in the bottle from dust and dirt and will also preventundue evaporations of the ink.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is

A device of the kind described comprising a cap of rigid material havinga central opening and a depression in its top, a perforated stopper, atube carried by the cap and passing loosely through the stopper, and aflexible waterproof sleeve connected to the cap and fitting over thestop per, as and for the purpose set forth.

NICHOLAS W. BROWN.

Witnesses Mrs. N. W. BROWN, ELsIn WARNER.

